SCOUTING NORTH DAKOTA STATE
•    Collins enters his first season at the helm after spending a season as an assistant coach at Kansas.
•    NDSU improved to 3-9 after earning a 92-26 win over Waldorf on Dec. 22.
•    Michelle Gaislerova is leading the Bison with 13.1 points per game.
•    Emily Dietz's rebounding average of 9.0 is first on the team and third in the Summit League.

COMMON FOE
•    Denver and the Bison have both faced Wyoming this season.
•    The Pioneers tallied a 71-57 win on Nov. 14, while NDSU fell 66-57 on Nov. 25. 

NO MATCH FOR TURGEON
•    DU is 4-0 against North Dakota State under head coach Jim Turgeon.
•    Turgeon's squad is averaging 86.0 points per game over the last four meetings while allowing an average of 68.3 points.

ON PACE
•    The Crimson and Gold are shooting 77.3 percent from the line, which is on track to set a new school record.
•    Denver's 77.1 points per game is on pace to be the fourth-highest mark in program history.
•    On the defensive end, the Pioneers are holding opponent to 31.5 from beyond the arc, currently the 10th best mark in team history.

EXCLUSIVE CLUB
•    In a bounce-back performance against Southern Utah, Nelson scored 15 points to give her 1,007 in her career, becoming just the 26th player in program history with at least 1,000 career points.
•    Nelson is 25th in program history with 1,034 career points.
•    A 10-rebound performance in Puerto Rico gives Nelson 660 in her career, just 40 away from 700.
•    She will be just the eighth player in program history with 1,000 career points and 700 career rebounds.

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